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Electroplating

Roy Metal Finishing Acquired by Dutch Firm Aalberts Industries N.V.

RMF President John Pazdan says the acquisition will provide an opportunity for RMF to expand its services and broaden its geographic reach to better serve its customers.

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automotive

Technology Advancements for Select Key Hard Chromium Applications

This paper presents recent industry specific hard chromium technology advancements such as meeting the needs of the automotive and hydraulic industries.  Examples for additional improvement potential are shown to simplify the operation and make hard chromium plating even more reliable in its specific needs for a wide range of industries served.

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research

Electro-codeposition of MCrAlY Coatings for Advanced Gas Turbine Applications - 3rd Quarterly Research Report

This NASF-AESF Foundation research project report covers the third quarter of project work (July-September 2018) on this AESF Foundation Research project at the Tennessee Technological University. The objective of the work is to study and optimize the MCrAlY electro-codeposition process to improve the coating oxidation/corrosion performance.  In this quarter, studies continued on the effect of current density on CrAlY particle incorporation in electro-codeposited Ni-CrAlY composite coatings, focusing on the current density range of 20 to 60 mA/cm2.

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management

Haviland Names VP of Finance

Meg Post is replacing Terry Schoen, and will oversee the company’s financial operations, including accounting and reporting, financial planning and business analysis, IT, and risk management.

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Anodizing

Chemeon Adds Research Scientist

Alec Kindall recently earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Arizona State University.

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Anodizing

Finishing Hall of Fame Accepting Nominations

The 2019 Products Finishing Hall of Fame class is open to anyone in the surface finishing industry, including liquid and powder coaters, as well as professionals in other finishing applications.

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Electroplating

Master Finish Receives MacDermid Enthone DecoKlad License

This license makes the MIchigan shop the first DecoKlad applicator in the Americas and the fourth to be certified globally in the program.

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Liquid Coating

Dürr Receives Largest Order in its History from Toyota

In addition to its EcoReflect paint application quality control system, Dürr is supplying a new paint shop at Toyota’s Georgetown, Kentucky, plant with large paint booths and small booths/work decks, ovens, and the Ecopure RL exhaust-air purification system. 

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automotive

Dürr Seven-Axis Robots Will Paint Electric Vehicles in China

The EcoRP E043i is said to be more mobile than six-axis painting robots, with an additional joint that extends its working area and allows painting of hard-to-access areas common to the interiors of automobile bodies.

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economics

Parker Ionics to Become Division of New Parker Engineering of America

The company says it is poised to leverage the more than 50 years experience of its parent organization, Parker Engineering Co. Ltd. of Tokyo, Japan, to become a leader in the North American paint finishing market.

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